are you sure it isn't the stream of Eno's hot piss?
Misty, not just hot and wet.
― DLee, Monday, 28 April 2008 23:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Cindy Tells Me! Though that was a tough choice.
― our work is never over, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 00:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Needle's in the Camel's Eye. Best pure-scale guitar solo ever.
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 00:58 (sixteen years ago) link
That Metropolitan Express cover linked to a few posts above is AWESOME! The Superpitcher cover is pretty good too.
― Z S, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Title cut for me - save "Baby's On Fire" for the "Best Robert Fripp Solo" poll
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 02:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I have this CD. I used to play it in the car a lot when I worked as a courier. But I'm afraid I don't remember much of it now. The one I remember as being the best was "Dead Finks Don't Talk" though so I'll vote for that. I'll give another listen in full tonight and see if I change my mind.
Meanwhile, can we talk about Eno's streaming (misty??) hot piss some more?
― Bimble, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 03:15 (sixteen years ago) link
here come the warm jets needles in the camels eye cindy tells me pawpaw negro blowtorch on some faraway beach dead finks dont talk blank frank babys on fire driving me backwards some of them are old
both the first and last song are probably in my top ten songs ever, though, and the whole album is great
― 69, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
No love for "Some of them are old" yet...I know that one tends to fly under the radar when discussing this album, but I think it's an underrated tune.
― Joe, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 12:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Had to go with "Needle." A couple of years ago they blasted it through the PA before a Wilco show at Brown University. It was the best thing I heard all night by far.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 12:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Not underrated by me. All tracks great, can't choose.
― Tom D., Wednesday, 30 April 2008 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah the results for this should be interesting.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
needles just over the title track
― sleep, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
what, no love for blank frank?
― Edward III, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Cindy Tells Me
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Right now "Baby's On Fire".
fuck it:
1 Baby's On Fire 2 On Some Faraway Beach 3 Here Come The Warm Jets 4 Needles In The Camel's Eye 5 Cindy Tells Me 6 Blank Frank 7 Driving Me Backwards 8 Some Of Them Are Old 9 Dead Finks Don't Talk 10 The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
― Euler, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I totally hate "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch". Both on this and the second record Eno went with a chump track second, and it kills the momentum both times.
― Euler, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Jesus, someone should of really mentioned "Dead Finks Don't Talk" by now.
― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"Needle" is really well used in Velvet Goldmine.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Mine would be:
On Some Faraway Beach Here Come the Warm Jets Needles in the Camel's Eye Baby's on Fire Some of Them Are Old The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch Blank Frank Driving Me Backwards Dead Finks Don't Talk Cindy Tells Me
― Joe, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
baby's on fire
― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Edward III, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:53 AM (1 hour ago)
Plenty of love for "Blank Frank," but There Can Be Only One.
― DLee, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Does anyone else unfortunately have Elton Johns Can You Feel the Love Tonight stuck in their head after listening to Here Come The Warm Jets (the song)?
― Michael_Pemulis, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Mm, no. I used to always have My Bloody Valentine stuck inmy head after listening to "Here Come The Warm Jets". No, really.
― t**t, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Saturday, 3 May 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Fuckin' "Needles..." of course (although "Baby's On Fire" is a close second).
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 3 May 2008 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
"Cindy Tells Me" is perfect.
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 3 May 2008 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
hard to choose but lets say Paw Paw
― Zeno, Saturday, 3 May 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Had to go with 'Baby's on Fire' - damn thing just makes me smile.
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 4 May 2008 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Everything's a close second, but "Needles".
I love me Tall Dwarfs but they pretty much owe a lot of their sound to this song alone.
― Mackro Mackro, Sunday, 4 May 2008 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I have it in my head that I really like this album but picking songs off it seems to somehow diminish it. Taking Tiger Mountain would be a TOUGH poll though.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 02:40 (sixteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 4 May 2008 02:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Baby's On Fire, obv.
Blank Frank could have used someone like Helmet covering it in the mid-90s.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 4 May 2008 02:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Or Quicksand
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 4 May 2008 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Voted On SOme Faraway Beach so it gets some action
― Niles Caulder, Sunday, 4 May 2008 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
More action, I guess. Could've been any of them
― Niles Caulder, Sunday, 4 May 2008 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not telling what my choice was but I bet every track here gets at least one vote.
― sleeve, Sunday, 4 May 2008 18:14 (sixteen years ago) link
This is the hardest one yet! I voted "Baby's On Fire" just over the title track but every song is great.
― Sundar, Sunday, 4 May 2008 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
"Some of Them Are Old," for the slide guitar solo.
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 4 May 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Sunday, 4 May 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm surprised to see "Blank Frank" come in as low as it did, though I didn't vote for it myself.
― DLee, Monday, 5 May 2008 13:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Blank Frank was my second choice. a genius of pre- post punk song
― Zeno, Monday, 5 May 2008 13:45 (sixteen years ago) link
surprises me that Some Of Them Are Old isn't up at like 5 or 6, but these are nicely varied.
I chose "On Some Faraway Beach".
― sleeve, Monday, 5 May 2008 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
question:
i have read conflicting accounts about who recorded the solo in "baby's on fire" and i would like to know whether it is fripp or manzanera?!
― La Lechera, Monday, 1 December 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link
That is definitely Fripp.
― Letsby Avenue (Tom D.), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
Ok thank you very much! I thought so, but for some reason I felt like I read in the book I just read (the Sheppard one) that there was a dispute? Is there a name for that style of guitar playing other than Fripp-like?
― La Lechera, Monday, 1 December 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
But is it pop?
https://devonrecordclub.com/2016/04/25/brian-eno-here-comes-the-warm-jets-round-88-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Monday, 25 April 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link